June 27, 2013
Power is a Shadow that Kills
Varys smiled. “Here, then. Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.” “So power is a mummer’s trick?” “A shadow on the wall,” Varys murmured, “yet shadows can…
Month: June 2013
June 26, 2013
Rape, Work, and Friedrich Hayek
Yesterday in my inbox I found a message announcing an upcoming episode of Frontline that explores “the reality of rape on the job” for immigrant workers in American fields, farms and…
June 22, 2013
Elsewhere: Stocker on Adam Smith and distributive justice
See here and here. See also Stocker on Smith on justice and Stocker on Smith on pessimism.
June 21, 2013
A Bit of Self-Promotion in Which You Can Get Free Books
A moment for a bit of self-promotion and an opportunity for both faculty and student readers of BHL to get some free books from Amazon. Starting next month, I will…
June 19, 2013
Rawls for Libertarians
My last two posts have explained what I take to be Rawls’s philosophical project and the main errors in that project. Now I can state in a relatively straightforward fashion…
June 18, 2013
We Should Not Intervene in Syria
As some of you may know, I have long argued that humanitarian intervention is morally and legally permissible (see here). I stand by those arguments, and that is why I…